Information Technology Focusof the University Technology Planning Council

Technology is integral to research, instruction and
administration. How technology resources can be directed to make
their greatest impact on teaching, learning, research, and the
administrative processes that support these efforts is a continual
challenge. The University Information Technology Planning Council is
charged with providing direction for institutional technology issues
and planning as well as the review and prioritization of major
information technology initiatives across the university.

The information technology focus of the University Information
Technology Planning Council will be on the use of hardware,
software, services, resources, and supporting infrastructure to
manage and deliver information using voice, data, and video within
UW’s centralized environment or where these integrate with other UW
systems. The Council will not focus its efforts on standalone
systems that do not interact with the UW network, other
institutional campus systems, systems that do not interact or
interfere with the institutional systems, or systems that do not
have the potential to be utilized as institution-wide systems, i.e.,
where there is no potential for more than one department to utilize
a single system to meet similar needs. Systems with the potential to
be utilized as institution-wide systems include, but are not limited
to, systems for video conferencing, imaging, data storage, data
networking, security, email, or wireless.